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Originally Posted by Hawthorn
Mike
A wonderful and quality belt plate and particularly fitting for this thread with the addition of the Angel, awarded to the Brigade as a form of Battle Honour recognition for Waterloo I assume?
Simon.
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Sorry for the slow reply Simon, the Regiment was awarded the battle honours Waterloo and Peninsula in 1815. It was felt that Waterloo was so important that the Angel was used as the top decoration on the belt plate.